
Congressman Cohen secured $3 Million in federal Community Project Funding to support the Historic Melrose High School Restoration Project — phase one was recently completed, with the opening of Orange Mound's first-ever public library.

“This substantial HUD investment in our community will keep people comfortably housed while bolstering the local economy and addressing critical housing needs," said Congressman Cohen.

Congressman Cohen secured over $1.9 Million in FY 2024 Community Project Funding to help purchase new body cameras and sentinel surveillance cameras for the Memphis Police Department.

Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) urged constituents to be aware of a significant backlog in U.S. State Department passport application processing and recommended early filing to avoid delays or trip cancellations.

“The thoughtful use of this PROTECT grant will restore the environment along our riverfront and strengthen the resiliency of major transportation and recreation corridors benefiting the entire Mid-South region," said Congressman Cohen.
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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) will hold an in-person Town Hall Meeting with constituents on Monday evening, August 11, at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church. The news media are welcome to attend.
What: An in-person town hall meeting to discuss the Congressman’s work for Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District, including energy costs and the GOP’s so-called “One Big Ugly Bill” that makes devastating cuts in SNAP, Medicare, Medicaid, and other lifeline programs.

WASHINGTON – Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Dina Titus (NV-1) today led a letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stressing the Congressional intent of provisions in last year’s Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization law regarding the handling of wheelchairs and other mobility devices for air travelers with mobility issues. The letter was also signed by Representatives Christopher Deluzio, Mark DeSaulnier, John Garamendi, Jared Huffman, Jesus Garcia, Pramila Jayapal, Jarold Nadler, Pat Ryan, Greg Stanton, and Frederica Wilson.
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who represents a substantial portion of Tipton County, today announced that Tipton County government’s Drug Free Tipton program will receive a $50,000 continuation of its Drug Free Communities grant from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) Local Drug Crises Program. Congressman Cohen announced a $50,000 grant from the same program on May 24, 2024.
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-5), co-chairs of the Congressional Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus, today released the following statement:
“In yet another horrifying display of brutality, the Iranian regime has executed two political prisoners—Behrooz Ehsani, 69, and Mehdi Hassani, 48—early on Sunday, July 27. This act of repression underscores the regime's relentless assault on human rights and its unyielding commitment to suppress dissent.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today called on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford to fully and accurately implement provisions of his Emergency Vacating of Aircraft Cabin (EVAC) Act. In the letter, Congressman Cohen urged the agency to “publicly disavow” a 2019-2020 aircraft evacuation study mandated by his earlier legislation, the SEAT Act, which relied on an unrepresentative sample of the flying public and has since been sharply discredited by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM).

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $77,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project titled “Modulating drug efflux transporter expression on the macrophage reservoir of HIV.” The research is under the direction of Associate Professor Dr. Theodore Cory in the College of Pharmacy.
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Rhodes College will receive a grant of $180,000 from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled “RUI: Interrogating Catalytic Efficiency through Kinetic, Structural and Small-Molecule Guided Investigation of L-DOPA 2,3 Dioxygenases.” The research is under the direction of Professor Larryn Peterson, Chair of the Rhodes Chemistry Department.
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $3,428,212 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project entitled epigenetic checkpoint regulation of naïve T-cell quiescence and peripheral tolerance. The research is under the direction of Dr. Yongqiang Feng.
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